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CrispyQ

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29. The dems are weak. They have been for a very long time, now.

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Thu Dec 21, 2017, 10:17 AM

Dec 2017

They are partially to blame for this clusterfuck, by not being a true opposition party for 40 years & not paying attention to what was going on in the heartland–the impact of hate radio, which the dems still ignore.

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Does Richard Painter have a point here? [View all] SHRED Dec 2017 OP

Yes. nt scarletwoman Dec 2017 #1

Absolutely. K&R. n/t rzemanfl Dec 2017 #2

Only may be partially true. Painter knows damn well triron Dec 2017 #3

I agree JonLP24 Dec 2017 #44

Unfortunately, yes onecaliberal Dec 2017 #4

Yes. old guy Dec 2017 #5

Im starting to wonder if Nader BootinUp Dec 2017 #6

Ive thought about that as well BannonsLiver Dec 2017 #8

Doubt it. Jill Stein, however... maddiemom Dec 2017 #12

The point isn't that Nader, or Sanders, or Stein, or Hillary..worked with Putin knowingly LiberalLovinLug Dec 2017 #49

The Russians seem to excel at RandomAccess Dec 2017 #7

Yep. One of the oldest strategies in the world: divide and conquer. calimary Dec 2017 #9

Thanks, SURKOV: Leghorn21 Dec 2017 #14

Operation Chaos 2016 n/t musette_sf Dec 2017 #10

Absotively posilutely Stinky The Clown Dec 2017 #11

When Dems overreact they leave space for the bots among us to incorporate the "outrage" flamingdem Dec 2017 #13

Definitely. SergeStorms Dec 2017 #15

yes Skittles Dec 2017 #16

We remaining souls at DU know he's right. Our uncivil war was hell. n/t SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2017 #17

Yup SHRED Dec 2017 #18

spot on... spanone Dec 2017 #19

Getting Dems to fight among themselves was just one more tactic to get Trump elected. jg10003 Dec 2017 #20

Uh ... no ... mr_lebowski Dec 2017 #21

Forcing Franken out prevented Al. voters from saying "they are all the same". Maybe Jones jg10003 Dec 2017 #23

he certainly played it differently when it was him under the fake accusations robbedvoter Dec 2017 #26

All that needed to happen for the Dems to not ask him to resign Ghost Owl Dec 2017 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author herding cats Dec 2017 #22

YES YES YES, AND , and while the Franken thing was to distract against Roy Moore and Trump a bit , JI7 Dec 2017 #24

Yes, but... robbedvoter Dec 2017 #25

What's a Bernie Bro? progressoid Dec 2017 #39

I don't think "Bernie bros" is helpful JonLP24 Dec 2017 #43

A core problem is, so many Americans are so damn gullible often taking things at face value. I like RKP5637 Dec 2017 #27

Yes, I'm pretty sure he does. MineralMan Dec 2017 #28

The dems are weak. They have been for a very long time, now. CrispyQ Dec 2017 #29

We saw it right here on DU. Hoyt Dec 2017 #30

Yes! peggysue2 Dec 2017 #31

That was a large part... Sancho Dec 2017 #32

This is nothing new. Democrats always eat each other. Never stick with each like Republicans Thrill Dec 2017 #33

Sorry but you are factually wrong about being in the minority. Caliman73 Dec 2017 #38

Of course he's right. Everyone played a part for Russia... Stein and Bernie NightWatcher Dec 2017 #34

Yes. highplainsdem Dec 2017 #35

That's nothing new, although there wasn't a lot of discussion when first revealed Blue_Tires Dec 2017 #36

Yes and we need to wise up to their tactics jimlup Dec 2017 #37

he has a point, barbtries Dec 2017 #40

Spot on. sarcasmo Dec 2017 #41

Ask him. L. Coyote Dec 2017 #42

Good point. And apparently, but sadly, true. Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #45

Seems pretty spot on. /nt bitterross Dec 2017 #46

So Gillibrand zentrum Dec 2017 #47